UCLA coach Steve Alford has a buyout to satisfy for leaving the University of New Mexico, but what is at odds is how much that should be, the Albuquerque Journal reports.

Alford says it should be $200,000, while the school says it should be $1 million. The difference between the two numbers exists because the school is working off the numbers of an agreement reached March 18, when Alford signed a term sheet in agreeing to a new 10-year contract, while Alford is working on the terms of his prior contract, which had the lower buyout. A letter detailing the discrepancy was sent to Alford in early April.

Former New Mexico coach Steve Alford may be on the hook to pay a $1 million buyout. (AP Photo)

While Alford gave his notice that he was leaving March 30, his contract stipulates that his service with the school officially ends 30 days after that. That’s why New Mexico believes the language and buyout of the new contract, which was scheduled to begin on April 1, would come into play.

“Coach Alford has not made any payment toward his buyout obligation to UNM,” Associate University Counsel Kimberly N. Bell wrote in an email obtained by the Journal.

New Mexico may take the matter to arbitration to get what it believes it’s owed. Alford did not return calls to the Albuquerque Journal on Monday night.